A Guide to the William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791] Hunt, William, Suit Papers, [1791] 22355

A Guide to the William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791]

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22355

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

22355

Title

William Hunt Suit Papers, [1791]

Physical Characteristics

2 leaves. (Negative photostats.)

Physical Location

Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 22355.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

William Hunt. Suit Papers, [1791]. Accession 22355, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Martha Woodroof Hiden, Newport News, Virginia, April 1945.

Biographical/Historical Information

William Hunt of Lancaster County, Virginia, was the son of George Hunt (d. 1744) and Elizabeth Barber Hunt (d. 1791), and the grandson of Charles Barber (d. 1726) of Richmond County, Virginia.

A bill of complaint filed by William Hunt of Lancaster County, Virginia, filing suit in a court of chancery of Richmond County against Ezekiel Levy (d. 1812), George Davis (d. 1826), Dennis McCarty (d. ca. 1803), Henry Dobyns, and Kister Toon [Tune] (d. ca. 1803). Hunt is suing over part of the estate of his grandfather, specifically the "increase" of two slave women. The bill of complaint includes genealogical information on the Barber family, the Hunt family, and the McCarty family. It also contains genealogical information on the children of two slave women, Jean and Betty.